The boy will grow older, and over time there will be other songs — not many — ten or maybe twenty in a lifespan, that stand apart from the rest of the music he will discover. He will realise as he grows older still, and crosses the Canadian border and drives down into Seattle, that not only are these songs holy or sacred, they are hiding songs — what the Aztec Indians call carrion songs — that deal exclusively in darkness, obfuscation, concealment and secrecy. He will realize that, for him, the purpose of these songs has been to shut off the sun, to draw a long shadow down and protect him from the corrosive glare of the world. Nick Cave
About This Quote

This quote is about the need to protect oneself from the world. The boy in the story is faced with the reality of life and he has to adapt to it. He can't hide away from life, but he has to make sure that his parents are happy with him.

Source: The Sick Bag Song

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